a couple of unclear questions

Post by **Nabokov** » Tue Aug 31, 2010 6:20 pm 0 likes

Hello folks

Well, I've been wandering around here and there all summer - vacation. Back to the grind.

Anyway - during Spring period I used emule more extensively and noted that my broadband connection became a little more erratic. Realtime email to Blackberry sms became skewed for example. Emails delayed, strange timeouts on various projects, 20% reduction on subscribed usenet speeds. That sort of thing.

Using the rudimentary and very rusty skills I have - I could find nothing unusual on the line. At worst, 100-200ms delay at my main capital city hub [whatever it's called - where the ISP outsources and exchanges data over oceans and skies].

Peerblock would note a very extensive range of private ad trackers and such like - after a while they disappear. But only after a while. Also something about an Amazon EC2 cloud. Now I know Amazon provides its cloud computing services - so I assume it is impossible to know who is using the service for what purpose.

Essentially - although I like emule, I'm unconvinced about privacy and security. Any suggestions?

I returned to SSL encryption on usenet - not that I feel I really need to, but nonetheless. I do nothing else extraordinary. I tried to reinstall TOR - which I hadn't used for some time - only to find I can't get it to work at all anymore.

The spring problem creeped me out - I'll admit. So any advice and reassurance would be appreciated.

Help fellows?

Nabokov